The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-07-28
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l writer, Uleu NJ 11yu0 t0rk, near DOSUOu,
Of pneumonia. He was born in 1923.
President Garrett is authority for the
statement that the Baltimore & Ohio deal
has collapsed.
| 1t ie reported that Miss Alice Freeman,
president OF Wellesley College, has resigned
and will soon become the vile ola Harvard
professor.
The Washington Star had the following
editorial: Dakota's division convention
apparently voices the real opinion OF the
people OF the territory. North and South
Dakota wish to be separated. Each part
would then be equaled in size by very few
OF the states OF the Union. Opposition to
| division finds its main strength in the ar
gumeut that Dakota will not be admitted
to the Union by the present congress ex-
cept as single state. 1t is q drawback
to a healthful national growth that the
| admission OF now states has come to be
viewed as 80 largely a political and parts
an manner, and Is so seldom treated as an
act OF right and justness to American citi
zens and of benefit to the expanding repub-
| lie.
A Mr. Lipscomb of South Carolina sue.
ceeds Duryee as chief clerk In the patent
| Office.
The army retiring board, OF which
Quartermaster General Holahird Is presf
dent, has recommended the retirement oi
Capt, j. +. Stimson, Third cavalry, who
is now under treatment at the government
hospital for the insane.
The secretary OF the interior has decided
that repeated appeals OF the same pension
| claim, based on the Same or cumulative
evidence which does not affect the vital
status of the claim, will not be given con-
| sideration by the department.. A large
| number OF claims have appeared Tor q
great many years in the pension office,
| only to be rejected. No new evidence Is
produced. but the claims are showed for
ward with the hope that they may possibly
slip through.
One of the most noted captures made by
| the secret service officials for many years
was the arrest of William Rockway and j..
b. Doyle on a charge of counterfeiting and
circulating United States bonds. Brock.
way is now serving a term at Sing Sing and
! Doyle is in prison at oliet, Ill. Determin
ed efforts have been made to secure the re-
lease OF Doyle and influential friends
have interested themselves in his behalf
The president has decided that he will not
reopen the case.
Buffalo offers 100000 for the next in
vention for utilizing the water power Of
| Niagara river.
| The United States government officials
at Chicago have decided to purge Chicago
harbor OF the dens OF iniquity known as
| bum boats.
Gambrinus Assembly Knights OF Labor,
Milwaukee, are talking Of seeding, because
| OF Powdery's temperance views.
| Chinch bugs have obtained q foothold In
| the northern portion OF Illinois to such an
extent as to assure an immense amount OF
| damage.
Just forty years ago Robert Bonner was
| foreman OF the New York Evening Mirror,
al x q a - worth
| 900.
| At Owensboro, Ky, several buildings,
| including livery stables with horses, were
| burned. Loss, $50, 900, insurance. $4O.-
| 900.
At Billings, Mont, the Park hotel was
| destroyed by fire. Cause, lamp explosion,
Loss, SIT, 500; insurance, nominal.
James D. Belt, while riding along the
road on horseback near Cave-in Rock,
Hardie county, H.. was shot dead by un.
known persons. Belt was q half brother
OF Logan Belt, who was killed in the same
manner and near the same place on the
evening of June 7. Logan Belt was
wealthy but a notorious character and
the leader OF faction in Hardie county,
the opposing faction being known AZ the
Oldham party. There is a suspicion that
James Belt was killed by some OF the Old
ham faction.
At Boulder, Mont, preparations are In
progress for the hanging OF A. Chart, who
murdered his prospective father.in-law a
year ago. because he resented his atten-
tions to his daughter.
At Oil City, Pa, John McNeenry shot his
| son Ohm recently. When two officers came
to arrest him. he shot Officer James. Nc
Nesnry was shot by the other officer, but not
| fatally wounded. It was found he had
killed his wits.
| At Butte, Mont, 1t Is understood that
the Montana Copper company has COM
bined with C. X. Larrabee, the owner OF
the celebrated Mountain View copper mine
OF Meadyille, to develop this mine and re-
open the grand Montana works on an en-.
larged scale.
The provincial OF the hermits OF the Or.
der OF Augustine in the United States has
been deposed from his office on grave and
| scandalous charges, and former provin.
cial, who, it is alleged, was defeated by
crooked means at the last election, has
been appointed his successor. The depos.
ed officer is Rev. John P. Gilmore.
Private letters from an officer and
machintst on board the new steel cruiser
Atlanta say that during the target practice
in Gardner's bay recently the eight-inch
bow and stern barbette pivot guns recoil-
cd with such force as to tear loose the
track on which they turned and rip up
portion OF the heavy gun deck. These
guns are the heaviest guns afoat in the
service, and those on the Atlanta are the
| first to be tested on board ship by our
naval officers. The damage was done by
| charge OF ninety pounds OF powder.
Parties digging we'll in Nashville, Tenn.,
found the task OF q mastodon twenty eight
| inches in circumference and nearly seven
| feet long.
Senator Chandler OF N. H., states that
he never wrote or inspired the letter re.
| Gently attributed to him. ip which he was
represented as fayoring Blaine and Sherman
as the Republican presidential ticket.
A financial paper publishes an interview
with Lown Of New York, counselor at law,
in which the latter impaired hitherto
unpublished opinion on the alien act given
Cleveland. This opinion is This act does
| not apply to mines or inheritable interest
| in real estate. Aliens can lawfully hold
stock in American corporations owing
mineral lands in territories, provided
such alien holdings do not exceed 20 per
cont. Aliens may advance money with
which to develop mines but cannot OBJ
advances. They may lawfully contract
with American owners to work mines.
Lown adds that in his own opinion aliens
can dodge the act legally by putting their
money in ninety nine year leases.
Secretary Fairchild appointed w. A.
Ferret of New Orleans supervising archi.
tect OF the treasury, ut a salary Of $4, 500
per annum. Mr.. Ferrett IL the particular
friend OF Senator Eustis, and Is said to
stand high In his profession. Mr.. Bell, the
| supervising architect who was removed,
was appointed from Iowa by President
Arthur.
The bodies OF the six Swiss tourists lost
while attempting to ascend the Jangfrau
without guides have been found at the
precipice.
Gen. Stauch, administrator general OF the
Congo free states, tslegraphs from Brussels
to the London agency OF the Associated
Press that tho central government OF Con-
60, having it's headquarters at Brussels,
has not received any unfayorable news
| from the Stanley expedition.
Helen Gladstone, the OF. premier young.
est daughter, is at the head Of the great
Newham ladies' college near Cambridge,
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